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Winkfan

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« on: December 03, 2008, 08:05:19 PM »
What do you think were best game shows that you can't help but play along at home with?

For me, it's a toss-up between Now You See It and Blockbusters. If you've ever played along with either of those two shows, you'd know what I mean.

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« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2008, 08:11:40 PM »
[quote name=\'Winkfan\' post=\'202819\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 08:05 PM\']
What do you think were best game shows that you can't help but play along at home with?

For me, it's a toss-up between Now You See It and Blockbusters. If you've ever played along with either of those two shows, you'd know what I mean.
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Pyramid...quite possibly the simplest show to play at home, without actually looking at the screen.

/The Passwords a close second
//Except when an announcer says "The password is..."
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« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2008, 08:33:44 PM »
Trebek Double Dare is a good one, as long as you close your eyes for the few seconds they show the subject.
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William_S.

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« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2008, 08:47:56 PM »
[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'202831\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 08:33 PM\']
Trebek Double Dare is a good one, as long as you close your eyes for the few seconds they show the subject.
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 Hell I just get a book or the remote and cover that part of the screen. Well any game is as much playable to me.  For Password, I try to think up of may clues for the words in the game.

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« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2008, 08:53:53 PM »
To Tell the Truth is excellent for this.

Password and Pyramid are good to play along if you like giving clues.  Which I do.

Oh, and The Money Maze.

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« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2008, 08:57:52 PM »
The Dating Game.

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« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2008, 09:19:53 PM »
Pyramid.  When USA reran Pyramid back in the day, my sister and I would play the Winner's Circle, with one person's back facing the TV.

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« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2008, 09:23:44 PM »
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'202821\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 08:11 PM\']
Pyramid...quite possibly the simplest show to play at home, without actually looking at the screen.

/The Passwords a close second
//Except when an announcer says "The password is..."
[/quote]

Technology helps too...

In this age of DVRs, I've found playing along with "Jeopardy!" is more satisfying; there's typically 3-5 frames (1/10th to 1/6th of a second) between the point where the TD cuts to the 3-shot camera and the point where the first contestant's light goes on.  Forcing yourself not only to answer the question, but to pause the playback in that moment does add a nice touch of realism to playing along.

Sorta like what we did back when I was a kid--we had a giant clunky Junk Video Corporation top-loading VHS machine, which had a "special effects" mode.  And a wired remote with a freeze-frame button meant you could record "Press Your Luck" and actually play along on the big board.

Back in the day, when I first had DirecTV and got my first exposure to GSN, my DSS receiver had a program bar that would display at the bottom of the screen.  This being long before anyone had even thought about making menus glossy and transparent and fancy, this program bar was absolutely perfectly located to block both the clues on "Pyramid" and "Password Plus".  Much easier than holding my finger up in front of my eyes...

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« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2008, 09:38:54 PM »
WoF is always fun to play along with - I like to see how early into each puzzle that I can solve it. I've solved a few over the years with no letters showing  - "ACHILLES HEEL" at age 9 and later on in adulthood, "THE LAND OF OZ".

TPIR is also fun to play along with each pricing game, to guess which number it is.

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« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2008, 09:52:37 PM »
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'202846\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 09:38 PM\']
WoF is always fun to play along with - I like to see how early into each puzzle that I can solve it. I've solved a few over the years with no letters showing  - "ACHILLES HEEL" at age 9 and later on in adulthood, "THE LAND OF OZ".

TPIR is also fun to play along with each pricing game, to guess which number it is.
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« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2008, 10:01:40 PM »
How about Jeopardy!--one of the few we haven't mentioned yet?

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« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2008, 10:25:49 PM »
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'202846\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 08:38 PM\']
WoF is always fun to play along with - I like to see how early into each puzzle that I can solve it. I've solved a few over the years with no letters showing  - "ACHILLES HEEL" at age 9 and later on in adulthood, "THE LAND OF OZ".
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Wow... how'd you get those with no letters showing?!  I've only gotten one with no letters, simply because it had three one-character words: "I CAME I SAW I CONQUERED."  Appropriate much?

Back on-topic, I can find some weird reason to yell at the TV for any game show you can think of.  If there's a game show on, I'm used to getting weird looks from all sides...
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« Reply #12 on: December 03, 2008, 10:43:43 PM »
Of the more recent ones, Millionaire and Lingo are very nice for playing along. In the slightly older department, Family Feud works fine. Oh, and Concentration, which hasn't been mentioned on this board for five, maybe six posts.

/I tried playing along with The Dating Game once and got my face slapped.
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« Reply #13 on: December 03, 2008, 10:59:40 PM »
Well, since everybody stole my games...

I like playing along with "That's the Question".
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« Reply #14 on: December 03, 2008, 11:07:48 PM »
[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'202861\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 07:59 PM\']Well, since everybody stole my games...

I like playing along with "That's the Question".[/quote]I found that while I was housesitting over the last couple of weeks, that I was playing along with That's the Question and Camouflage. I still think they should have done something other than word scrambles to get to the question, but trying to figure out the question was a nice brain test.
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